At 21 Bond Street, on one of NoHo’s most coveted cobblestone blocks, history and craft converge inside a late 19th-century Renaissance Revival loft designed by Buchman & Deisler. Behind the cast-iron façade, brownstone piers and fan-arched windows of the six-storey 1893 property is a meticulously restored penthouse that unfolds across a single storey.

Inside are 2,400 square feet of spacious 14-foot volumes. Modern sheetrock has been stripped away to reveal century-old brick and timber framing, while an 11-by-10-foot skylight draws sunlight into the great room. Wide white-oak Dinesen planks — cut from 200-year-old trees and held together with butterfly joints — cover the floors, complemented by antique European details including a Provençal mantelpiece sourced from a Paris flea market. Three bedrooms feature solar-powered skylights and oak joinery; the primary suite adds a gas fireplace and radiant-heated terracotta in the en suite.

Conceived with quiet refinement rather than show, this private-elevator residence forms part of a six-unit boutique building with a shared roof terrace. It’s listed for $8.995million with Esteban Gomez of Compass.

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